Information About

Fickett Creek

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Fickett Creek on The Map

Location

66 ° 44' 15" N,
151 ° 49' 9.001" W

Region

Yukon-Koyukuk (CA)

Nearest City

Bettles

Elevation

548 ft (167.03 m)

Fickett Creek in Detail.

About

flows E and S 12 mi. to Howzerah Creek 3.5 mi. NW of its junction with Koyukuk River, 13 mi. SW of Bettles; Kanuti Flats.

History

in 1885, Lieutenant Allen (1887, p. 101), USA, applied the name "Fickett River" to what is now called the John River in honor of Private Frederick W. Fickett, U.S. Army Signal Corps, who was a member of Lieutenant Allen's small party. Lieutenant Allen's naming in this case, and in order to save the historical name T. G. Gerdine, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), transferred the name "Fickett" to this stream in 1899.